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S935 • 2025

Increase Number of Magistrates/Mecklenburg.

Increase Number of Magistrates/Mecklenburg.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Mohammed, Salvador, Theodros, Waddell
Last action
2026-04-30
Official status
Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Increase Number of Magistrates/Mecklenburg.

Increase Number of Magistrates/Mecklenburg.

What This Bill Does

  • Increase Number of Magistrates/Mecklenburg.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-30 Senate

    Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

  2. 2026-04-30 Senate

    Withdrawn From Com

  3. 2026-04-30 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  4. 2026-04-30 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  5. 2026-04-29 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Increase Number of Magistrates/Mecklenburg.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 935

Short Title: Increase Number of Magistrates/Mecklenburg. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Mohammed (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
April 30, 2026
*S935-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO INCREASE T HE NUMBER OF MAGISTR ATES SERVING IN 2
MECKLENBURG COUNTY. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 7A-133(c) reads as rewritten: 5
"(c) Each county shall have the numbers of magistrates and additional seats of district 6
court, as set forth in the following table: 7
Magistrates Additional 8
County Min. Seats of Court 9
… 10
Mecklenburg 38.543.5 11
…." 12
SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Administrative 13
Office of the Courts the sum of two hundred thirty -six thousand one hundred forty dollars 14
($236,140) in recurring funds beginning in the 2026 -2027 fiscal year to be used to hire five 15
additional magistrates to serve in Mecklenburg County pursuant to Section 1 of this act. 16
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2026. 17